Spool is joining Facebook(blog.getspool.com)
blog.getspool.com
Spool is joining Facebook
http://blog.getspool.com/2012/07/14/spool-is-joining-facebook/
13 comments
Business as usual.
What, you mean they set an extremely ambitious goal and failed to achieve it completely? THOSE BASTARDS.
All things point to the app being a hit, users loved it. Nothing suggests a failure, in fact they say that in spite of the good feedback "we’ve decided to pursue our vision in a new way".
I posted this knowing that it looks snarky, but it is business as usual. I just can't help feeling annoyed every time a great service shuts down for no apparent reason, and guess this sentiment is very common. I'm relieved it's not one I trusted with any important data or depended upon.
I posted this knowing that it looks snarky, but it is business as usual. I just can't help feeling annoyed every time a great service shuts down for no apparent reason, and guess this sentiment is very common. I'm relieved it's not one I trusted with any important data or depended upon.
i would argue that by joining facebook, they are maximizing the chances of improving the lives of millions of users
Not that it really matters for Spool, but a request to everyone that has a product or company blog: please make it easy for me to get to your main site. A simple link would work.
Edit: woops, looks like spool's primary domain redirects to the blog anyway. Perhaps the lack of a link is intentional.
Edit: woops, looks like spool's primary domain redirects to the blog anyway. Perhaps the lack of a link is intentional.
Build and Analyze -- the 5by5 Network podcast with Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin -- had an excellent discussion this week[0] on whether larger companies like Twitter and Facebook would acquire any of the popular "read later" services.
Paraphrasing, but Marco said that Pocket would "be acquired within a couple of years." Today's Spool acquisition, however, removes one potential buyer from the running. I imagine these VC-backed "read later" services might be slightly concerned today.
[0] http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze/85
Paraphrasing, but Marco said that Pocket would "be acquired within a couple of years." Today's Spool acquisition, however, removes one potential buyer from the running. I imagine these VC-backed "read later" services might be slightly concerned today.
[0] http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze/85
They are closing down their services so this is a talent acquisition. http://blog.getspool.com/instructions/
Could be a tech acquisition in addition to a talent acquisition - entire possibly that the services will magically reappear on Facebook someday. (Yes, Facebook could easily build this, but sometimes it's cheaper to buy.)
…removes one potential buyer…
Facebook is not limited to one buy per category, if the users/talent/tech is otherwise attractive.
Facebook is not limited to one buy per category, if the users/talent/tech is otherwise attractive.
Spool's killer function for me was the recording of flash video into mp4 so I can watch on my iPhone and airplay to my TV.
Too bad they're going away. Thanks for while it lasted.
Too bad they're going away. Thanks for while it lasted.
Agreed. I was a big Spool fan (used their iOS app a lot) so I'm sad to see them go. Watched tons of tech presentations on my iPhone during long flights.
This was what I loved about them too. Does anyone know of any alternatives?
There are ton....ton....ton. This market is over crowded and they are so poor in seo. Yesterday I was trying to find an app to view youtube offline and nothing came in google search. I know iSwift from the days when I was searching for job. Here is the link
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iswifter-flash-web-browser/id...
I loved Spool. Why didn't Facebook decide to integrate and continue to offer Spool to users?
We don't know that they didn't...
Can anyone please post the source of Getspool bookmarklet code somewhere (e.g. pastebin) ? I was not able to find it anywhere.
Am I the only one who for most of these "X joining/acquired by [Facebook|Google]" announcements, has never heard of X?
What are other free alternatives to Getspool?
I'm trying now getpocket.com
I found one more alternative: readability.com
readability.com is also good. I use it when I want to send some story on my Kindle e-reader.
Shame. Waste of a good logo.
find the alternates under the comments at
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/spool-is-instapaper-on-ster...
really loved spool, sad to see something that nice vanish :(
Makes me think of... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...